Esters 2
1 Etter ei tid var gjengi og sinne hadde runne av kong Ahasveros, tenkte han på Vasti, og åtferda hennar, og domen yver henne.
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Hirdmennerne som gjorde tenesta hjå kongen, sagde då: «Lat folk leita upp åt kongen fagre ungmøyar!
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3 Lat kongen setja folk i alle kongens jarlerike til å samla alle fagre ungmøyar til kvendehuset i borgi Susan under tilsyn av kongens hirdmann Hege, kvendevaktaren, so dei kann få det dei treng til å hama seg.
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given [them: ]
4 Den ungmøyi som kongen likar, ho skal då verta dronning i staden for Vasti.» Dette tykte kongen vel um, og han so gjorde.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 I borgi Susan var det ein jøde som heitte Mordokai, son åt Ja’ir, son åt Sime’i, son åt Kis, av Benjamins-ætti.
[Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Han var burtførd frå Jerusalem millom dei fangarne som vart burtførde saman med Juda-kongen Jekonja, dei som Babel-kongen Nebukadnessar førde burt.
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 Han var fosterfar åt Hadassa, som og heitte Ester, dotter åt farbror hans; ho åtte korkje far eller mor. Gjenta var velvaksi og væn. Og då foreldri hennar døydde, tok Mordokai henne til seg som si eigi dotter.
And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 Då kongebodet og fyreseigni vart kunngjort, og dei samla saman mange ungmøyar i borgi Susan under tilsyn av Hegai, henta dei ogso Ester til kongshuset under tilsyn av kvendevaktaren Hegai.
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 Han lika gjenta godt og fann hugnad i henne. Difor skunda han seg å gjeva henne alt turvande til å hama seg, like eins gav han henne den maten ho skulde hava, og dei sju ternor ho skulde hava frå kongshuset. Han let henne og ternorne hennar flytja inn i beste romet i kvendehuset.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the women.
10 Ester gat ikkje eit ord um folket sitt eller ætti si; Mordokai hadde sagt henne fyre å tegja um det.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it].
11 Kvar einaste dag gjekk Mordokai att og fram utanfor garden ved kvendehuset, han vilde få vita kor det stod til med Ester, og kor det gjekk henne.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12 Kvar ungmøy kom inn til kong Ahasveros etter tur. Det gjekk tolv månader til å stella med deim etter påbodet um kvendi: seks månader med myrra-olje, og seks månader med angande salvar og anna som kvende treng til å hama seg.
Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women; )
13 Når so ungmøyi gjekk inn til kongen, fekk ho med seg frå kvendehuset til kongshuset alt det ho ynskte.
Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
14 Um kvelden gjekk ho inn; um morgonen gjekk ho attende, men då til eit anna kvendehus, under tilsyn av kongens hirdmann Sa’asgaz, vaktaren yver fylgjekonorne. Ho fekk då ikkje koma inn att til kongen, minder kongen lika henne so godt, at han sende bod etter henne med namns nemning.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
15 Då radi kom til Ester, dotter åt Abiha’il, som var farbror åt Mordokai, fosterfar hennar, so kravde ho ikkje anna med seg enn det hirdmannen Hegai, kvendevaktaren, rådde til. Og alle som såg Ester, fann hugnad i henne.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 Ester vart henta til kong Ahasveros i kongshuset hans i den tiande månaden, månaden tebet, i sjuande styringsåret hans.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 Kongen vart gladare i Ester enn i alle dei andre kvendi; ho vann meir hugnad og godhug hjå honom enn alle dei andre ungmøyarne. Han sette kongskruna på hovudet hennar og gjorde henne til dronning i staden for Vasti.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Og kongen gjorde eit stort gjestebod for alle hovdingarne og tenarane sine, eit Ester-gjestebod, og han gav skattelette i alle jarleriki og gav gåvor med kongeleg raustleik.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
19 Andre gongen samla dei saman ungmøyar, og Mordokai sat då kongsporten.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20 Ester hadde ikkje gjete ord um ætti si og folket sitt, etter pålegget frå Mordokai; Ester lydde framleides bodet hans Mordokai, like eins som då ho vart fostra hjå honom.
Esther had not [yet] shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21 Den tid Mordokai sat i kongsporten, vart Bigtan og Teres, tvo konglege hirdmenner som heldt vakt ved dørstokken, harme og freista finne høve til å leggja hand på kong Ahasveros.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22 Mordokai fekk vita dette, og sagde det med dronning Ester; so nemde Ester det med kongen på Mordokais vegner.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told [it] unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king [thereof] in Mordecai’s name.
23 Saki vart granska, og det viste seg at det var sant, og dei tvo vart hengde i ein galge. Dette vart uppskrive i krønikeboki for kongen.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
